Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Sandra Borch (Cent.)
Minister of Agriculture and Food
The Ministry of Agriculture and Food has chief responsibility for food policy and agricultural policy. Agricultural policy covers land utilisation, agriculture and forestry, reindeer and other animal husbandry, and development of new agriculture based industries.
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Documents
Midnight Sun Shines on Latest Svalbard Global Seed Vault Deposit
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault once again opened its door to seeds from around the world. Eleven genebanks from Africa, America, Asia and Europe deposiied a total of 19,391 seed samples this week.
New seeds to Svalbard vault enhances global food security
13/02/2022: Some 22 000 new seed samples from 10 gene banks in Australia, New Zealand, Africa, the Middle East and Europe will be deposited in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault on 14 February 11:00 CET.
Latest documents
- Norwegian Strategy for Urban Agriculture Plans/strategy 22/10/2021
- Securing the Gene Pool for Future Agriculture and Food Production Plans/strategy 22/06/2021
- National Pollinator Strategy Plans/strategy 04/10/2018
- Norwegian National Action Plan for a Healthier Diet – an outline Plans/strategy 07/08/2017
News from the Ministry
Latest news
- Midnight Sun Shines on Latest Svalbard Global Seed Vault Deposit News story 10/06/2022
- Important: pets from Ukraine must be registered with the Norwegian Food Safety Authority News story 12/04/2022
- New seeds to Svalbard vault enhances global food security News story 13/02/2022
- Two new first-time depositors welcomed to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault News story 28/10/2021
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Contact
E-mail: postmottak@lmd.dep.no
Phone: (+47) 22 24 90 90
Address: Postboks 8007 Dep. , 0030 Oslo
Visitor address: Teatergata 9 (R6), Oslo